Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late night show on Tuesday night after a suspension amid pressure by the Trump administration and a furor over Kimmel’s remarks about the killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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Kimmel delivered an opening monologue – occasionally choking up – that ranged across everything from jokes to the importance of the First Amendment.

Its opening line — “as I was saying before I was interrupted” — was a callback to Jack Paar, who made the same joke upon his return to “The Tonight Show” in 1960 after an extended absence prompted by a dispute with NBC censors.

Here’s what Kimmel said.

“Anyway, as I was saying before I was interrupted, if you’re just joining us, we’re preempting your regularly scheduled encore episode of ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ t

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